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HickokSports.com - History - Boxing Questions & Answers http://hickoksports.eom/history/qboxOOO 1 .shtml June 29, 1933, Camera met Jack Sharkey in Long Island City for the world heavyweight championship. He won it by knocking Sharkey out with an uppercut in the 6th round. Afterdefending his title twice, with 15-round decisions over Paulino Uzcudun and Tommy Loughran, Camera came up against Max Baer on June 14, 1934. Baer knocked Camera down 12 times before winning on a TKO in the 11th round. The syndicate that had handled Camera up to now?╟÷and taken most of the money for his fights?╟÷abandoned him after that loss. He continued boxing sporadically through 1937. Joe Louis KOed him in the 6th round on June 25, 1935 (that was 2 years before Louis won the heavyweight title) and Leroy Haynes knocked him out twice in 1936. Camera then returned to Europe and had two fights, a win and a loss, in 1937. He went back to his native Italy and joined an anti-Fascist resistance group. Captured by Mussolini's state police, Camera spent most of World War II in a forced-labor camp. After the war, he tried boxing again, winning his first two fights by KO before losing three in a row. He returned to the U. S. in 1947 and became a professional wrestler. He also became something of a hero, because his anti-Fascist activities were widely publicized, along with his early victimization by the mob. As a pro wrestler, Camera made a fair amount of money, much more than he'd ever made as a boxer. He became a U. S. citizen, but he returned to his native city in Italy in 1967 and died there on June 29. Budd Schulberg's excellent novel, The Harder They , was based on Camera's career. A movie version of the book, starring Humphrey Bogart and Rod Steiger, with appearances by Max Baer and Jersey Joe Walcott, was released in 1956. Top of page HickokSports.com History Main Menu Search History Visit the Forum Alpha Index History Bits Archives Index bv Sport Ask a Question General Links Copyright ?? 1998, 1999 Ralph Hickok. All rights reserved This page last updated Sunday, I6-May-1999 20:57:12 EDT http://www.hickoksports.com/history/qbox0001.shtml 2 of 2 8/18/99 4:09 PM